Hand-truck



(No Model.)

H. E. SPAULDING.

HAND TRUCK.

N0. 363,693. Patented May 24, 1887.

I I l CL -6W UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

HARLOV E. SPAULDING, OF SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK.

HAND-TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 'o.363,693, dated May 24, 1887.

Application filed July 29, 1886. Serial No. 109,495. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beitknown that I, HARLOW E. SPAULDING, of Saratoga Springs, in the county of Sara toga and State of New York, have invented a new, useful, and Improved Hand-Truck Overdraw-Hook, of which the following is a specification.

This hook can be attached to any ordinary haml-truck--such as. are commonly used in handling and moving barrels, boxes, and other packages-to assist in loading such packages upon said trucks and to hold them firm and steady while being moved from one place to another.

My invention relates to a hand-truck overdraw-hook; and I declare the following to be a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures thereon, making a part of this specification.

Figure 1 represents a top view of the handtruck overdraW-hook detached. Fig. 2 represents a side view of the hook detached. Fig. 3 represents a top view ofan ordinary hand-truck with the hook attached thereto. Fig. 4 represents a common handtruck with the hand-truck overdraw-hook attached and holding a small box in place on said truck. Fig. 5 represents a side view of an ordinary hand-truck with the hook attached to the in side of the handles with bolts and lying down out of the way. Fig. 6 represents a common hand-truck with a large box thereon with the overdraw-hook attached thereto with only one steel-pointed claw clutched to the box, thereby holding it firm and steady on the truck while being moved from one place to another. Fig. 7 represents an ordinary hand-truck with the hook attached, with abarrel on said truck with the steel-pointed claws clutched over the barrel, holdingit firm in its place on the truck.

Letter E in Fig. 1 shows one of the braces making a part of the hook, which braces are to be attached to the handles of any ordinary truck by bolts through the eyes of the braces and through the holes in the handles of the truck.

Fig. 2 shows aside view of one of the braces of the hook, showing, also, two of the claws and an eye in the end of the brace for attachment to a handle of a truck by a bolt.

Letter B in Fig. 3 shows the hand-truck overdraw-hooklying down on a truck, out ot the way, when it is desired to use thetruck without the hook, showing, also, the three claws of said hook, the two braces, each attached to a handle by a bolt through the eye of the brace and through the handle.

Letter D in Fig. 4. shows the hand:truck overdrawhook attached to a truck, as in letter B, with the claws clutching over a small box and holding it-back against the handles and from swaying to either side.

Letter G in Fig. 6 shows the hook attached to the handles of an ordinary truck by bolts through the eyes in the braces and through holes in the handles, with the longest claw clutched into a large box, holding it firm against the handles and keeping it from swaying sidewise.

Letter 0 in Fig. 7 shows the hook attached by bolts to the handles of a common truck with the two shorter claws clutched over a barrel, holding it firm and steady on the truck. My hand-truck overdraw-hook 1s made of iron or steel, or both, and may be of any length or size. The usual and most useful and convenient size is about two feet in length, having three steel-pointed claws (the middle one a little longer than the other two) for the purpose of piercing or clutching the bog, barrel, or other package and holding it in us place, having also two braces, usually made of three eighths-inch round rods running from the claws back to the eyes which are made in said braces.

To operate a book when attached to a truck,

run the truck up to the box or article to be moved, and strike the claws into it to hold it firm and steady in itsplace on the truck. Then place one foot against the axle of the truck to keep it from running back from the load,and, using the handles of the truck as levers to pull on, cant the package over upon the truck, and the hook thus attached will hold the article firm and steady while being canted over upon the truck and while it is being moved from one place to another.

By using the hand-truck overdraw-hook a lever purchase is obtained at the handles, Having thus described myinventiomwhatl heavier loads can be loaded by one man withclaim is 1 out help', and much time and hard work ea In combination with a common hand-truck, be saved. 7 the two braces E, having an eye at the end of 15 5 The hook made in accordance with my ineach for attachment to atruck-handle, and the vention has two braces which run from the threesteel-pointed claws,attached together and claws to the place of attachment to the hanforming the end of the braces.

dles of a truck, and these braces hold the claws HARLOXV E. SPAULDTNG. directly over the middle of the truck, which WVitnesses. IO claws, being clutched into an article, compel it JOHN T. CARR, 1"

to stay firm upon the truck while being moved. E. H. PETERS, 

